consider how many planets do not have life on them.

life requires water and air and shit....ectt

Because God created it.

>>8171446
we havnt actually been to any other planets yet, so they could have little critters running around on them.
inb4 science-babble, if you looked at antarctica you would think Earth was hostile to life too, so stfu.
If you havnt been for a look around, you cant be 100% sure.

Everything that made Earth, Earth is by sheer luck.

For example when Theia smacked right into earth that contributed to making Earth habitable by creating the moon.

We, along with every other organism on the planet evolved to survive in the conditions present on the planet. So yes, the enviroment of Earth is perfect for us but we were made for it, not the other way around. And yes, the Earth is a rare occurence in the Universe, it is in the perfect position in the system to support life. However, I'm sure there are other planets out there that are either similar or habor conditions that are able to support entirely different forms of life.

bitches don't know bout my anthropic principle

It's only perfect because this is where we spent X number of years living and evolving. If we started out on, say, Jupiter, then you might be thinking that Jupiter is perfect, because it possesses all of the characteristics needed to support our lives.

Possibly subtle trolling, but either way, well said. Sometimes we question things that seem a little too perfect.

The common retort is the sheer number of planets; at least a few must be win. Being a sentient being on a rather ideal planet though ranks as something more than rare.

>>8171473
That would have been better directed towards OP.....

unless im being fooled again

>>8171507
I hope you're not this stupid. Make that argument for another planet, retard.

If we had evolved on Venus you would be talking about how perfect Venus is for life right now.

>>8171507
>Jupiter

Not the planet I would have chosen. Perhaps maybe the moons of Jupiter.

Strange how our system is the only one we know of that isn't a binary.

Planet x you say, black dwarf you say?

people don't realize that if we were some kind of floating gas-kind of people then we would consider jupiter to be the most awesome planet, except for the giant storms

earth is perfect for people because we evolved on earth. not because earth was created for people. and we're turning it into shit

There are 1-500 billion planets in our galaxy alone, thus there is a very good chance that life extrasolar life exists and thrives in our spiral galaxy. Besides it's wrong to assume that all life in the universe resembles or functions the same as life on Earth.

>>8171446

There are other life forms that don't require carbon, you stupid fuck.

This seems like a subtle christfag troll, but if you take into consideration how huge the universe is there is bound to be planets with similar conditions out there somewhere.

>>8171526
life has been identified under the ice on Europa

>>8171507
OP here.
Yeah but, this isnt just about evolution. Atmosphere and climate account for evolution, but Jupiter scooping up our space debri? Thats pure luck, the same goes for the Magnetic field.
These are not thing NECCESARY for life, but rather added perks that protect us.

Somewhere out there in the billions of trillions of other planets, beings are saying the same things about their planets as you are now.

Sometimes I imagine what if Venus wasn't a literal hellhole and was the same as Earth.

Shit would be so freaky if life was on both Earth and Venus. It would be like trying to talk to someone behind a reinforced piece of glass.

>>8171548
no

it hasnt

stop trolling

they think there MIGHT be life there

>>8171558

Using their own form of internet, using a board like 4chan?

No way are we the best planet out there. We are the really only planet we know much about, so as we are ignorant humans, we think we are the best.Obviously, somewhere out there, there is a better and more sophisitcated planet.

>>8171412

Do you think god would've made a shitty planet for his toy's to live on? no fucking chance. Earth rocks.

I assume by perfect you mean perfect for life.

This may seem a weird coincidence until you realise we are life and thus we're only here to find it "perfect" because it is good enough to support life. If every planet had life on it then you may of had a point but since most of them don't then no.

You're thinking about it all backwards.

>>8171412
My thoughts are that it's all just arbitrary. The universe is big, and I mean really big, so the chances a planet exists that meets all the criteria for life to evolve isn't aren't so small.

>>8171541
Stop trying to not understand what i was saying

if so perfect how come natural disasters?

Think of it this way;

we are all essentially star dust, thus we contain previous planets and possible previous civilizations.

(sun super novas, dust goes flying out, forms new stars/life)

>>8171583

I reiterate, there are other life forms that don't require carbon, you STUPID FUCK.

>>8171578
OP here.
Not trollan btw, but why does god=christfag? All religion is bullshit, why does the mere mention of some kind of super galactic being = Christian God?

Maybe our planet was forged by an inter-dimensional being or a giant universe-spanning brain.

Yeah i know, i know, im baked. stfu

>>8171473

>we havnt actually been to any other planets yet

the fuck are you on about? have you never picked up a book/ attended school?

I'm not trolling, buck fuck... YES WE HAVE!

We've send probes to Mars, to Venus, all the way to the moons of Jupiter.

>>8171626

I think he means properly explored

So is this an april fools joke too....

im so confused

>>8171617

something made the universe. it defies common sense to say that everything came from nothing. So something made it, or atleast made what we know to be the universe. this is most likely an intelligent designer from a place we cannot comprehend.

>>8171651

Click on the logo, you STUPID FUCK.

>>8171626
Taking snap shots of clouds of Saturn =/= proof there isn't life there.

>>8171639
Too expensive to send a manned craft to a planet that has nothing particularly interesting to justify the cost.

There's a 1% chance they'll find something that'll change how we view the universe. It simply isn't worth the risk.

There's a concept you don't get.

Things have to be suited to exist somewhere in order to exist.

With so many planets, one is bound to have right conditions. With the craziness of the universe, amazing things happen on their own.

It doesn't mean a cosmic person manipulated it to be that way.

>>8171626
OP here

naw dude, dude, naw.

We sent shitty probes that can see about 10 feet in front of them, and whos life-searching techniques involve looking at the ground and turning over rocks.
Imagine for a second that an alien race sent a Mars-style probe to Earth, and it landed in Antarctica. They would drive it around for a bit, do some tests, then conclude that Earth was not habitable. (I know lifeon Earth is REALLY odvious but you get where im coming from)

>>8171664
This anon concurs. It's better to spend the money on our own planet first than to most likely waste it on other ones. We might not be here anymore in 1000 years, our solar system will be relatively the same.

>>8171659
but its april fools....how am i supposed to trust anyone, you STUPID FUCK

yes, but then Yakub on the dark side of the moon created the white devil and send him to the earth in order to disrupt allah and the all mighty black men

>>8171679

READ THE ARTICLE, DEDUCT FOR YOURSELF YOU FUCKING MONG.

>>8171681
:c

fo cereal?

>>8171691
yes, read "Yakub: The Father of Mankind"

>>8171690
Its a multi billion dollar corporation, you don't think they can pull off some elaborate BS?

God you are fucking stupid

>>8171677
Even so.

Rovers and probes do a satisfactory job at exploring planets. I think it's a priority for the human race to find a sufficient planet that can be terraformed or can have a base on it. Earth is slowly going down the shitter. It's always nice that the human race won't die along with Earth.

The universe is massive. Rarely such conditions exist so that life can develop. We are born here because the conditions here protect us.

>>8171704

You are assuming. I never said anything about believing it. If you did for a second, which you indicated by being "confused", which makes you a stupid fuck. Now stop being butthurt and trying to derail the thread. Why is /r9k/ so easy to troll, jesus.

>>8171709
Even if we find a way to cross the distance, which at this point we just can't, what if this planet which seems suitable for colonisation already has some sort of developed life form on it? I'm not talking about aliens with slimy apendages but something along the lines of dinosaurs. We can't just go over and massacre it all, can we?

>>8171737
>We can't just go over and massacre it all, can we?

I'm almost certain that's what will happen in the beginning.

TERRAFORM MARS.

That is all.

>>8171760
and its what SHOULD happen
survivalof the fittest, and if humanity genuinely needs the planet, then tough luck dinosaurs

>>8171760
And you think people on earth will just abide by it? You'll get an immense shitstorm of people protesting, burning flags of America (again). They won't be able to justify it enough.

>>8171726
Are you new here...?

blox

>>8171808
see Avatar.

yes yes i know its shit its a ripoff etc, but the scenario is that a private company, out of range of any government or organisation, does whatever the fuck it wants

That's like someone winning the lottery and you saying "wow, what are the chances that they could have a perfect lottery ticket? That couldn't happen randomly, they must have cheated somehow." No, dumbass, there's millions and millions of people buying tickets, so even though the chance of a winning is insanely slim, that chance is taken so many times that it's fairly likely that at least one person will win. It's the same with planets - yeah, the conditions for life to be possible are ridiculously rare, but considering the number of planets there are, it's pretty likely it will happen at least once. And obviously, it DID happen, otherwise we wouldn't be here to think about it.

>>8171870
I'm not trolling but I haven't seen Avatar yet.

>>8171808
>And you think people on earth will just abide by it?
You think news reporting (if at all) is not going to be closely monitored?

>>8171412

yeah. and it's because the earth was so lucky to have these circumstances that life formed on it. but it's by no means perfect. other life forms we aren't yet aware of would probably have all kinds of trouble here.